Beginnings, Inc. and the Alternative Community Resource Program (ACRP) will host the Fifth Annual “Dancing Like a Star for Autism,” on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at the Pasquerilla Conference Center in downtown Johnstown. This year, the dancing teams will be…
One great, new addition to Johnstown is the Greater Prospect Co-Op Store. This convenience store opened in the summer of 2014 at 110 William Penn Ave. Among its many products that are sold, it provides fresh produce from local community gardens,…
Growing a Future Worth Fighting For Urban agriculture has been growing in the Greater Johnstown area, as well as in many other small and large cities for many years. Community gardens had been planted where abandoned buildings once stood and…
BOTTLE WORKS is coming up on its year anniversary of merging with the Art Works in Johnstown. Positive momentum continues, and thanks to local and state funders BOTTLE WORKS will be getting some upgrades. The merger of the two art organizations…
In early December, the Helping Hands Food Pantry in Boswell received a grant of $2,500 from the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies for their new weekend backpack program. Begun in September 2014, the program feeds children who benefit from free…
This holiday season, consider the gift of philanthropy for your friends, employees, and loved ones with a contribution in their name to the Community Foundation's Fund for the Future. Our Fund for the Future is used by our Distribution Committee…
The Point Stadium Award Banquet recognizes the outstanding talent of our local athletes and supports the Community Foundation's Point Stadium Preservation Fund. The event will be held Friday, January 2, 2015 at the Holiday Inn in Downtown Johnstown at 6:00…
The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies is proud to announce that recent grant awards from several of its funds have put more than a half million dollars into a broad array of area projects over the past few months. “Often…
Every town in the United States, big or small, has its little quirks. Whether it is a natural formation, local shop, or overall energy, these are the things that make the world unique. If we only had chain stores and…
More than 2.3 million people in the United States live in low-income, rural areas that are more than ten miles away from the nearest supermarket. These deprived areas are known as "food deserts," and Cambria, Somerset, and Bedford counties are…
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